Ballarat, California

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Shorty Harris and friend at Ballarat 1930s

Ballarat, California 1930

Ballarat, California 1930

Shorty Harris at home in Ballarat ca. 1930

Ballarat California

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Ballarat was born in eighteen ninety seven following the discovery of the Radcliff mine in Pleasant Canyon. Its namesake was the famous gold city in Victoria, Australia. It was never a very large town. It served Panamint Valley and Death Valley as a miners supply and recreation center. Ballarats colorful life ebbed with the closing of the post office in 1917.

Ballarat California

Ballarat California

Ballarat California

Ballarat California

Ballarat California

Ballarat California

Ballarat California

Ballarat California

Ballarat California

Ballarat California